A subject not so much Bike related as much as  Bike 'Riding' related: 

 

I followed my Uncle and Cousin's footsteps into bikes, and now my son is following in my footsteps and getting himself a bike  

He has had enough of sitting behind his old man 

 

He is trying to decide between a Yam Vstar 650 Classic and a Hunter Spyder.

He eventually wants a Fat Boy and while he is stuck on his learners the Vstar Classic is pretty close in looks, but he also likes choppers, that's why he is also considering the Hunter.

I'm leaving the decision to him, as bikes are a very personal thing.

 

But it feels good that he wants to ride WITH me, not sitting behind me 

 

 

 

 

 

Better resale with the Yam .

 Had a Vstar 650 custom, awesome bkies, cheap for parts easy to mod, heaps of good mods on web, reliable, handle & brake good for a cruiser.

Cheers Bloodnut

 Tim and Bloodnut,

 

the point of this thread (I hoped) was about my son continuing on in the family tradition of being a Biker. Me passing the Mantle so to speak 

 

but thanks for the comments regarding the Vstar 

I'll pass on your messages to him.

 

Anyone else have a motorcycling line in their family that they have taken on or passed on? 

Yep. Our second eldest son, and our foster son both ride

 My son has a 1994 low rider and when my daughter comes home for a visit we always have to go fo a squirt...

 

Hey Dragon Man you must be an FL rider by the size of that Fender in front of you.

Great to see a father and son into riding together and Dragon you look proud as punch.

congrats mate good to see your boy riding with you--he must have got his looks from his mum aye--cheers Grim

 I am the only rider in my family but my uncle was a rightious biker in the 70's. [Mum's little brother]

He rode one mad arsed HD chopper custom,my bike is just mad arse.He was a hotrodder and a streetmachine maniac too.

His lady said it was funny that I followed him into the culture when his own son didn't and my dad wasn't a motorhead.

I remember Dad asking me when i was around 12 what did I want to do when I got older

All I knew to say is that I wanted to get  HD and cars and get into it .

From drawing them as a kid to styling my own as a father.

Not real sure what I want to do when I grow up though..

 

great shit DM. my old man bought me up on the back from a very early age and the proudest moment was the day i got to go on my first run with him on my own bike.that was 20 years ago.

(your son will feel the same, you have bought him up right mate).

 Sure is a familiar song there.

My uncle was an early full member of a still going strong old school club.He gave it away for love and family.

Something that he never had when he was younger that's what clubs did for that kind of dispossesed rider.

Me as a 5yr old remember him rocking up to visit my Mum in the druitt on something loud blue and shiny.

I saw his bike under tarp a few years later when I was mowing his lawn near St Marys.

Long twisted forks coffin tank loud paint and etched at every chromed opportunity.

Sort of looked poetic thinking about it now.He is back on a HD now that he has turned 60,A second growing spurt they call it..

These blokes more than likely bumped heads back in the early years

Kind of silly as most old school adversaries greet each other like long lost brothers these days..Respect.

 

 You lucky Lucky PROUD bastard, out of 5 boys, 1 girl and 3 grotty snottys (grandkids, 2 boys 1 girl), they all love the bike (they say) but it is only the grandsons (4 & 5 yrs) that show any indication towards bikes. Every visit they hassel the shit out of me for rides (yes... I have to oblige) and there is always the argument of who goes first.

I didn't have anyone to influence my like love for bikes, it came from watching Motor Mouse as a 3yr old, I must be the black sheep. YEA

AHhh... I loved my Vstar! It certainly was a great bike. I ended up wanting more power so after 2 years, and a lot of customisation, I sold it.

Congrats to you and yours.

Cheers
Mongrel

This thread is bringing back memorys of my childhood. my old man was always on british but all his mates owned harleys
and i remember occasions when harleys were occasionally in his shed and i would sneak in and sit on them with my feet up on the
highway pegs (no forward controls back then) but i always remember the fear i had of getting caught but it was always worth the risk.
I new back then at a very early age i would own harleys

mmmmm granpa rode an ajs an dads had few bikes but they both gettin on now but dad stll gets in my shed an has a tinker got cousins in clubs now retired an had uncle in club butt he was killed in smash in 84 ive been in an around club for many yrs had fair share prangs but not allowed to ride no more but still work on bikes both sons got dirt bikes orig 125 80s rm yammy an a honda boldor beside shed other sons got a 250cr reddevil all standard but flogged rotten lol also got a GL1000 goldy which is still gettin done with down draught webers ect my daughter in her 30s now dont ride but used to now her hubby who is good soninlaw rides on a 850duc my fatherinlaw from first marrage is 82 an rides still he got a 1200 sporty an loves it he been ridein since the 40s when he raced bikes on the beach up cairns way always bikes here on an off road best lifestyle a bloke could want took me 2 wives an a heap of girlfriends to relise they only dgood for one thing COOKIN lol hearts to fucked to share with a wife an bike so the bike stays the mullet can rip someone else off lol great to see young fellas ridein as long as they dont wear the stoopid patches (3 peice) you can buy on ebay